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WRSA-FM (96.9 FM, "Mix 96.9") is an adult contemporary-formatted radio station serving the Huntsville, Alabama, area. [ 3 ] The broadcast transmitter and tower for WRSA-FM is located on Brindlee Mountain , [ 4 ] and the station's studios are located at 8402 Memorial Parkway SW ( US 231 ) in Huntsville, a former bank.
At 3 p.m. that day, 96.9 adopted its current format, hot adult contemporary, as KMXP, “Mix 96.9”. The first song on "Mix" was "New Sensation" by INXS. [8] [9] [10] In May 1999, the station was acquired by San Antonio-based Clear Channel Communications. [11] In 2014, Clear Channel changed its name to the current iHeartMedia, Inc.
During the "Mix 96.9" era, WDJR played adult contemporary music with an emphasis on new music while playing older favorites from the 1980s and 1990s.
KMXG (96.1 FM, "Mix 96") is a commercial radio station licensed to Clinton, Iowa, and serving the Quad Cities area of Iowa and Illinois.It broadcasts an adult contemporary radio format, switching to Christmas music from mid-November until the Christmas holidays.
At that time, KQRB debuted an urban format consisting of a mix of hip-hop, R&B, and old school music branded as "96.9 The Beat", which launched with 1,969 songs commercial free, with "In the Stone" by Earth, Wind & Fire being the first song played.
On August 4, 1986, at 7 am, Beasley flipped the station to a dance-leaning CHR format under the name "Power 96, Miami's fresh new music mix", with a change in call letters to WPOW. It played mostly dance , pop, freestyle , R&B , hip hop , and a dose of rock-centric type hits that became mass appeal enough to incorporate into the playlist.
On September 7, 1999, WSJZ flipped to talk, completing a one-month transition to the format, and the station changed its call letters to WTKK. [12] [13] During its tenure as a talk station, WTKK used several monikers: "96.9 FM Talk" from its 1999 launch until 2007, "96.9 WTKK: Boston's Talk Evolution" from 2007 until 2010, "96.9 Boston Talks" from 2010 until September 2012, and "News Talk 96.9 ...
Jack Alicoate, ed. (1939), "North Carolina", Radio Annual, New York: Radio Daily, OCLC 2459636 – via Internet Archive "AM Stations in the U.S.: North Carolina", Radio Annual Television Year Book, New York: Radio Television Daily, 1963, OCLC 10512375 – via Internet Archive